Good, our work is done. Seriously, I'm very encouraged by this camera. Pentax is a small company competing with much a lot of pre-established opinions about what they are and what their competitors are. This is a very well built camera with many genuinely useful features and a reasonable collection of good lenses. This is all I want Pentax to be. My only fear is them actually staying in business, but I think the pro/enthusiast level is probably right for them.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax K7 Okay, I'm sold. I've been trying to talk myself out of it, but the list won't let me:-) Paul On May 20, 2009, at 3:27 PM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "paul stenquist" > Subject: Re: Pentax K7 > > > >> Why not? The K-7 is only a bit better speced than the K20D. >> Delete the >> video capability, add improved autofocus and perhaps even more low >> light >> capability. Aim it at a more serious photographer. I wouldn't be >> surprised to see such a camera. > > I'm actually seeing some pretty major (on paper) improvements over > the K20. > The frame rate increase is huge, the buffer is significantly larger, > the > extra 2 channels of pipeline from sensor to image processor is a big > step. > Removing the sensor from dust removal and going to ultrasonic should > make > the dust removal more effective. > They are giving it another stop or so of SR effectiveness, and it > looks like > the built in flash, as much as I hate the things, actually has enough > seperation from the lens to be useful. > This doesn't even start to address some of the things they've done > in the > menu system, such as allowing imbedded copyright data right out of the > camera and the fine tuning ability that they have applied to the > sensor WRT > composition, though we'll see how useful this really is. > Finally, a 100% viewfinder. This will be a joy after years of using > innacurate viewfinders. I think the last accurate finder I used was > in my > Nikon F3. Even the LX isn't 100%. > > The K20 is a decent camera with some major weaknesses, this one > looks like > it should be the real deal, though I am sure some minor quibbles > will show > up. > The only question I have is how soon can I have one delivered? > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:4a15c407206419818010151! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
